Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Oswald Spengler and Edward N. Zalta

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6 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

10414

Abstract objects are constituted by encoded collections of properties [Zalta, by Swoyer]

10558

Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

10415

Properties make round squares and round triangles distinct, unlike exemplification [Zalta, by Swoyer]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

10557

Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

20948

Human cultures are organisms which grow, and then fade and die [Spengler, by Bowie]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

6005	Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]